Most often when a show closes, I have to admit to great pride and joy at a well-earned accomplishment, the fruits of our considerable talent and labors, but usually with some little niggle of dissatisfaction as well. The players are most often grand, I find no fault with my extraordinary band, but very often there […]
I am SO PLEASED to finally announce: Gilda Shedstecker Presents! SCREWTAPE starring James Ballor as the irascible old demon himself! This show has literally been 30 years in the making, as I first read James Forsyth’s adaptation of CS Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters when I was directing Ballor in Arsenic and Old Lace for Carnation
First of all, Big Pants and Botox is a FANTASTIC show! In terms both heart-warming and hilarious, Barbara recounts the circumstances surrounding her milestone 50th birthday, an event she finds no need to celebrate. Preparing for her daughter’s wedding, she finds herself almost single and convincing a detective that she has nothing to hide concerning
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I absolutely love sketch comedy, having come of age in the heyday (who says heyday except old people? sheesh!) of SNL and SCTV. It\’s not like my generation created the concept, but we sure took it to late night television and ran with it! Great sketch comedy is all about the ensemble, the contributions made
